About the Author: The author was honorably discharged as a Gunner's Mate 2/c at the U.S. Naval Base, San Pedro, California on December 7, 1945, four years after Pearl Harbor.
In January 1946 the author joined the Los Angeles Police Department and after graduation was assigned to uniform patrol, the morning watch, midnight to 8:00a.m., at University Division. He worked as a Detective Sgt. for the Ventura City Police Dept. and an Investigator for the Los Angeles Dist. Attorney's Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Intelligence Unit. In September of 1966 he became the Chief Investigator for the Ventura Couny Public Defender's Office until 1970.